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CROATIA President Stjepan Mesic has hit out at the role of the Catholic Church in Croatia, claiming that it benefits from its privileged role in society, broadcaster B92 reports. Mesic said the Church receives 37 million euros annually from the state budget, “builds monumental edifices, and then proceeds to rent …

SARAJEVO, BiH Poslanici i delegati SDA u parlamentu BiH na prvom zasjedanju u septembru zatražit će informaciju o odgovornosti direktora Državne agencije za istrage i zaštitu (SIPA) zbog upošljavanja osoba koje nisu prošle sigurnosnu provjeru. Pokažu li se navodi o nezakonitostima tačnim, uslijedit će zahtjev za njegovo razrješenje, rekao je …

BELGRADE, Serbia The Serbian government has called early local elections for Sunday in two municipalities in Kosovo, reports said on Wednesday. Voters will cast their ballots for municipal authorities of Priština, which have been dislocated to Gračanica, and Peć, moved to Goraždevac.

BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha lauded on Thursday the historical Albanian-Kuwaiti ties as an example for international strategic relations. Berisha made the remarks in an interview with KUNA on the sidelines of a seminar organized by the NATO Club in Blagoevgrad, 100 km from the Bulgarian capital city …

SKOPJE, Macedonia Macedonia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs publically discharged Sofia’s reactions, concerning the case “Mitrova”, as unreasonable and false. This was discussed during MoFA’s meeting with the executor of the Bulgarian embassy in Skopje. The MoFA pointed out that although Spaska Mitrova has a Bulgarian passport, she has to answer …

Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court would look into voting for Bulgarian Parliamentary elections at Turkish polling stations, a media statement from the Order, Law and Justice (OLJ) party said. The initiative for the court case was taken by OLJ party leader Yane Yanev, and the complaint was lodged by chief prosecutor Boris …

SOFIA, Bulgaria Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met with EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection Meglena Kuneva, press centre of the governmental service informed. The both officials discussed possibilities of Bulgaria to take a use of the European fund for solidarity in view of economy crisis and budgetary deficit at the …

SOFIA, Bulgaria 72% of the Bulgarians set great hope to future governing of Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (CEDB), and 18% feel worry. This is the result of the official research of National Centre for Public Opinion Research (NCPOR). Half of the inquired people in August assesses as successful …

A Macedonian court’s decision to send a Macedonian resident with Bulgarian citizenship to jail is sparking mutual recriminations. Sofia complained about the alleged harsh treatment meted out to its citizens after Spaska Mitrova was subsequently sentenced to 3-months in jail earlier this month. This, because she would not let her …

The Serbian Justice Ministry has announced that a state commission will be formed by September to mark out uncovered mass graves from 1944-46, daily Danas reported Thursday. The graves are thought to contain victims of Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito’s Partisans. “The forming of this commission is good for our …